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Move on. Pineda is not the answer to improving this rotation.

If anyone else is curious, as I am, on how a run scored in 6 no hit innings..... Balazovic walked the lead off batter in the 3rd on 4 pitches - all high - who stole second. Balazovic got a stike out on a foul tip, and then the lead off batter took 3rd on a wild pitch, and scored on the subsequent tapper/ground out back to Balazovic for the second out. A fly out to center to ended the inning. Miranda keeps hitting. I can't believe we don't see him in the show yet as this lost season ends. I hope Celestino can bring it the next time he gets a chance. He sure has been lighting it up in St. Paul. Great to hear. He sure had some defensive mental gaffs in the show and couldn't hit worth a lick, and that is all I have seen. Personally, I hope we don't get to see him in center much at all, which would mean Buxton is healthy, stays on the field, and is extended for years. Charlie Barnes looked good, eh? I've heard that before.

Actual results and what happened is way more interesting than projections and predictions. Until that changes, Ryan is the man. And he doesn't even have a song about that.

Pineda, eh? Damn. I guess I didn't recognize him with his tongue not sticking out Colome on top. I guess the sure tell is the crooked of the hat. Colome is right crooked and Pineda is left crooked. I find it sad that either would be the face of the Twins.

Sometimes, there just isn't anyone that deserves an award, and like the HOF, you just skip it that time. This thread is the best place I could find to post this..... Colome is now being used to sell MLB.TV to Twins' fans on the Twins MLB site. Let that sink in. MLB thinks Colome will inspire action to watch the Twins the rest of the season. Circle of Awareness, MLB?

And now, by W-L record, we are even worse than the Cubs. 90 loses here we come. 16 runs in last 7 games. Lucky to win the 3 we did. 2 hits tonight. Pretty damn sad. Ryan was wonderful except for the 3rd. They just had to do that interview with his mom........

So far, 2 months, 60 days of good Kenta. Nolasco did that. Glad that makes us the winner, "no matter what". I wouldn't make a call yet, myself. Graterol could have a great run in the post season this year (or not). Kenta did pitch 5 shutout innings in game 1 against Houston. I would say the Twins are ahead right now, but that could change soon.

"driving while hippie". Wow. Having long hair does not = hippie. Frankly, I don't really even know what you mean by that. It has nothing to do with Joe Ryan pitching, or his hair.

Rooker should just get out of the way if he is just going to run up to the fence. Not looking and the ball, not trying to catch it with his glove, and then it even hit him and bounced away after it hit the wall. Just get out of the way and let Buxton handle it if that is all you got. If this team gets to 10 under .500 I will be surprised. Detroit will, probably, stay under 10 under, and I bet KC even gets there. Donaldson with another error that they actually scored an error today. Duffey was pretty pro coming in with the bases sacked and no out and striking out 3 in a row swinging, eh? Arraez running/tagging with one out and the bases loaded when we needed 2 runs.... and getting tossed out easily, not so pro. This team is in need of a leader. This was the CUBS...... who basically sold their whole team,..... that beat us.

People don't like hair, but beer drinking unhealthy obesity is just fine for them, as long as the hair is short. Go figure. Joe didn't need any warmup in St. Paul after what I saw in the wee hours during the Olympics, and he proceded in short order to demonstrate what a waste of time that was, but whatever. Glad they got with it and loaded him up to the show. Looking forward......

I bet Buxton is jonesin' big time for a hit, now. He doesn't look to happy about that padded batting mitten. Watching the Brewers march out Boxberger, Williams, and Hader...... color me green with envy. This team is looking a bit like KC in that 2 year stretch that ended with the WS win. And Hunter Strickland.... what a Jeckyll/Hyde case this year. Right now he is a surprise bonus.

Beat me to it. This seems to be the norm (maybe not to this degree) these days. Pitchers just don't think they need to be part of the defense, apparently. At times, the will have no choice. And it will hurt.

Man..... I can't believe that 3rd strike call Colome got. Truly amazing. That's what Colome needs to be effective, I guess - getting pitches called strikes that are 6 inches off the plate.

No. I would expect them to be able to handle even more because of less stress the year before, and because they still worked out and stayed in top shape anyway. But that is just in my dreams. My dream expectation. In reality, for some reason these days, I expect them to not last the season. It seems to be what happens, so expectation of it happening is reinforced.

It is always fun when one gets to watch the Team Mascot hit a home run AND pitch an inning.

This article was great about the the Rich Hill procedure, as was the one by this author Lucas Seehafer PT and the link to that on is in the Heezy article, too.

Thanks for the great informative article. Awesome read. In answer to the OP question...... why wouldn't one always get a second and third opinion even? If it involves surgery, for anything at all, I would get 2 opinions, just as a matter of sane and smart personal policy. The only guy I know of that the rest actually worked is Ervin Santana, but I think it is still partially torn all these years. Mostly, waiting just wastes time. The worst possible scenario for Maeda would be to wait several months, then try it, and have it blow or reinjure, and then one of the surgeries discussed. That would even take more time, and in his case, cost him a boat load of money with that goofy incentive laden contract.

Well, it works if I use my galaxy s8, but here is still what I get on my windows computer using chrome as the browser...... it just doesn't seem to load. It works on my ipad pro in chrome, though. Here on my computer, it just doesn't load the main video at all. Weird. I can use the others for the videos, but perhaps others are having the same problem on comupters and aren't commenting? Maybe it is just me. This computer is still old window 7, but everything else on this site has worked up until now.

I guess the limit is 9 runs - no double digit poundings. Barnes (7 runs in 5 and 109 pitches) and Jax (9 runs in 4.1 and 92). Robles would have walked both Gordon and Cave if they could have had better plate discipline. Watching Robles inherit runners on second and third with no outs in the 9th, and the boys not able to bring them in.... that hurt. Espeically after seeing Robles give it up to sooo many teams for us.

None of these play. All clicks go to another page, and then back with the next click. Circular. The videos never play.... at least for me. HELP!

None of these play. All clicks go to another page, and then back with the next click. Circular. The videos never play.... at least for me.

None of these play. All clicks go to another page, and then back with the next click. Circular. The videos never play.... at least for me.

AAA season ending, and prospect availability before the end of the season, if that is one's concern.... is confusing to say the least...... The way I am reading it, all AAA teams, regardless of record, will play until October 3, in the Final Stretch, which will really mean ??????, as it is basically all teams playing 10 additional games (seedings and opponents?) against 2 different teams/5 game series, and a 10 game dash to best record in 10 games with tie breakers - and the team with the best record in those games, among all 30 Triple-A teams, will be “awarded a prize from Major League Baseball,” The Champion is crowned, for the East, on Sept. 19 from the best record in the East after 120 game season. The West will have their own. St. Paul is currently 9.5 games back of Durham and behind 6 teams total. HELP! https://www.milb.com/news/playoffs-return-to-minor-league-baseball https://www.truebluela.com/2021/7/17/22580277/dodgers-minors-triple-a-schedule-oklahoma-city

.... and this one talks about a 10 game final stretch that includes all AAA teams ...... with the best record in those games, among all 30 Triple-A teams, will be “awarded a prize from Major League Baseball,” - and the acutal champion being crowned before the Final Stretch at the end of the 120 game season by best record. In St. Paul's case, that would mean they are currently 9.5 games behind Durham, and behind 6 other teams for the "championship" of the East. The West has their own champion. https://www.truebluela.com/2021/7/17/22580277/dodgers-minors-triple-a-schedule-oklahoma-city Congratulations, Triple-A teams. Your season just got two weeks longer, but no, unlike your minor league brethren, you will not have any playoffs in 2021. The conceit of the 10 extra games added to the end of the Triple-A schedule is that it makes up for half the games lost when the start of the season was delayed. The original Triple-A schedule was 142 games long, set to start on April 6, but in early March was postponed to start on May 6, with a 120-game schedule. Oklahoma City will play five games at Las Vegas from September 23-27, then finish at home with five games against El Paso from September 29 to October 3. That makes for a 130-game schedule, but it’s not that simple. Both Triple-A leagues (West and East) will crown a regular season champion, based on the best record through the 120-game schedule, which for Triple-A West ends on September 21. But they are calling those final 10 games the Triple-A Final Stretch — a trademarked phrase that sure seems ripe for a sponsor at some point — and the team with the best record in those games, among all 30 Triple-A teams, will be “awarded a prize from Major League Baseball,” per a press release this week. “With all 30 teams participating in this Final Stretch, all Triple-A players and communities will have the opportunity to win this year’s postseason tournament,” said Peter Woodfork, MLB’s senior vice president in charge of minor league operations. Only that’s not much of a tournament at all. It’s just all 30 Triple-A teams playing two more series. Meanwhile, Double-A, High-A and Low-A leagues will all play a best-of-5 playoff series to determine league champs. You know, like a real postseason. Triple-A got screwed.

"On Tuesday night the St. Paul Saints kicked off their biggest series of the season, facing off against the division-leading Toledo MudHens with big-time playoff implications." Sooooooo....... is there AAA play-offs? This article is confusing, and says that if you win the playoffs you still may not be crowned champs, because the champion will be the team with the best total overall record! Seth was saying yesterday, on the Predicting Minnesota’s Next 4 Top Prospects to Debut thread that there would be no playoffs. Now you are talking about AAA playoffs. Very confusing. Any light to shed? https://www.milb.com/news/playoffs-return-to-minor-league-baseball "July 1, 2021 Dust off your highest hopes because playoff baseball is returning to the Minor Leagues. After the COVID-19 pandemic canceled the 2020 season and pushed back the start of the 2021 campaign, the postseason was tentatively put on hold. But now, it's back for three levels. After the COVID-19 pandemic canceled the 2020 season and pushed back the start of the 2021 campaign, the postseason was tentatively put on hold. But now, it's back for three levels. At the Double-A, High-A and Low-A levels, the top two teams in each league will compete in a best-of-5 series, beginning Tuesday, Sept. 21. The Triple-A regular season was extended to Oct. 3, and champions will be crowned based off their overall records. The Florida and Arizona complex leagues will not have playoffs. The two teams from each league will be determined by best full-season winning percentage, regardless of division. Tiebreakers will be based upon: 1. Head-to-head record 2. Best winning percentage over last 20 games 3. Best winning percentage over last 21 games, etc. The Triple-A East was originally scheduled to end on Sunday, Sept. 19, but clubs on that circuit will begin two five-game series beginning on Wednesday, Sept. 22, with a pair of off days before the next one starts on Wednesday, Sept. 29. In the Triple-A West, which was set to end on Tuesday, Sept. 21, the two five-game series will begin on Thursday, Sept. 23, and Sept. 29. The team with the best record on each circuit following the completion of games on Oct. 3 will be declared the league champion." Kelsie Heneghan is a writer for MiLB.com. Follow her on Twitter @Kelsie_Heneghan.